superior

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
superior/suːˈpɪəriə(r)/

▶adjective

• 1 higher in rank, status, or quality.

  ■ of high standard or quality.

  ■ greater in size or power.

  ■ (superior to) above yielding to or being influenced by.

• 2 conceited or arrogant.

• 3 (of a letter, figure, or symbol) written or printed above the line.

• 4 Anatomy further above or out; higher in position.

  ■ Botany (of the ovary of a flower) situated above the sepals and petals.

▶noun

• 1 a person of superior rank.

  ■ the head of a monastery or other religious institution.

• 2 Printing a superior letter, figure, or symbol.

– derivatives
superiority noun,
superiorly adverb.

– origin ME: from OFr. superiour, from L. superior, compar. of superus ‘that is above’, from super ‘above’.